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Tom A
Groupie Joined: 04 May 2018 Location: Evanston, IL Online Status: Offline Posts: 70 |
Topic: Batteries? Posted: 22 May 2018 at 8:36pm |
Forgive the Newbie questions again.
It has been recommended that I ditch the single 12V battery that came with my new R-190, and get two 6V Golf Cart batteries. Is that practical? What is the advantage? Thanks.
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2018 Sequoia--2018 RP 190
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lostagain
Senior Member Joined: 06 Sep 2016 Location: Quaker Hill, CT Online Status: Offline Posts: 2595 |
Posted: 22 May 2018 at 10:13pm |
Yes.
Longer battery life. ...about double the amp hours. |
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Fred & Maria Kearney Sonoma 167RB Our Pod 172 2019 Ford F-150 4x4 2.7 EcoBoost |
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Keith-N-Dar
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 03 Apr 2011 Location: Mayville, WI Online Status: Offline Posts: 1447 |
Posted: 23 May 2018 at 5:50am |
It depends on how you plan to camp. We can make it 3 or 4 days off the grid on one 12V battery with careful electrical use. One battery fits our needs. Others use two batteries and stay off grid longer. There are arguments for two 6 vold and for 2 12volt batteries wich I am sure will be discussed again in this thread.
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Keith-N-Dar
Boris & Betty (Boston Terriers) 2011 R-Pod 177 2010 Ford F-150 |
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mcarter
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 07 Apr 2016 Location: Greenbrier, TN Online Status: Offline Posts: 3419 |
Posted: 23 May 2018 at 7:01am |
I agree it depends on how you camp. I am not a major boondocker so 1-12V battery meets my needs. May think I'm silly but number one reason I have never considered 2-6Vs is if anything happens to one battery, you're done. You can't do anything on a single 6, even your ebrake doesn't work. Many members will say 2-6s are way to go.
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Mike Carter
2015 178 " I had the right to remain silent, I just didn't have the ability." |
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Tom A
Groupie Joined: 04 May 2018 Location: Evanston, IL Online Status: Offline Posts: 70 |
Posted: 23 May 2018 at 7:16am |
Wouldn't the brakes be powered by the TV?
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mcarter
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 07 Apr 2016 Location: Greenbrier, TN Online Status: Offline Posts: 3419 |
Posted: 23 May 2018 at 7:18am |
Not the trailer brakes the break away switch and ebrake is powered by the trailer battery.
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Mike Carter
2015 178 " I had the right to remain silent, I just didn't have the ability." |
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Pod People
Senior Member Joined: 22 Sep 2011 Location: Chapel Hill,NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 1078 |
Posted: 23 May 2018 at 8:21am |
a single 12 volt battery will serve most people well. this is true if you are usually plugged in to shore power or boondock periodically for a few days. As mentioned above, the battery will last for sevewral days without recharging if you are careful with power usage. However, people that like to boondock will need a power source that will last more than a couple of days. that is why the double 6 volt golf cart batteries are used. Golf cart batteries are much heavier with larger lead plates so they can hold more power for a longer time period. they are also capable of being used to a greater degree of discharge without damaging the battery. as noted above, two 6 volt batteries will usually have about twice the available power(amp hours) as a conventional 12 volt battery. Know that the 6 volt batteries are also more expensive, but will last longer given similar circumstances. so, the battery choice is generally determined by the type of camping/usage that the pod will be doing. Vann
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GlueGuy
Senior Member Joined: 15 May 2017 Location: N. California Online Status: Offline Posts: 2654 |
Posted: 23 May 2018 at 8:53am |
Once again, people talk about amp-hours, but the correct way to think about this is watt-hours. Watts are power, amps is just flow.
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bp
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Olddawgsrule
Senior Member Joined: 20 Sep 2017 Location: New Hampshire Online Status: Offline Posts: 1014 |
Posted: 23 May 2018 at 12:35pm |
I wouldn't just 'ditch' your 12v battery if it is serving you well.
And as others have said, really depends on your style of camping. I went dual 6's. Same cost as a good type 31 12v (my old battery of 18yrs) and 3 times the wattage. For 'my' style of camping, the dual 6's was the answer. |
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StephenH
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6326 |
Posted: 23 May 2018 at 12:52pm |
Ditto! I run the dual 6V because I use a CPAP machine and we do boondock. I do not want to run out of power. If I could afford it, I would go with Lithium Iron Phosphate batteries which are smaller, lighter, and hold more power plus they charge faster. However, they have not yet reached a price point which I am willing to pay.
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StephenH
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